Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO

 Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO

ActionPower Corp. founded in 2016 is small and young compared to Big Tech companies or heavily funded startups like OpenAI but it is mighty enough t...

BIO USA 2023 to draw S.Korean biotech leaders, startups

BIO USA 2023 to draw S.Korean biotech leaders, startups

More than 500 South Korean companies from top business groups to AI-based biotech startups are slated to attend the Bio International Convention 202...

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte Group, a South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate, is set to launch a corporate venture capital (CVC) business in Silicon Valley, the glob...

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...

Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s

Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s

Neurophet Inc., a South Korean startup developing artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions for brain diseases, is striving to make a breakt...

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...

S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

Urban air transportation (UAM) in South Korea will open a tourism road on the country's southern coast, which is dubbed "the nation's Mediterranean ...

Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics

Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food wast...

BTS 10th anniversary stamps sell out online in 3 hours

BTS 10th anniversary stamps sell out online in 3 hours

The online pre-sale of K-pop band BTS' 10th anniversary stamp sold out early.According to the Korea Post on Wednesday, the online pre-sale of BTS' 1...

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reviewing $2 billion worth of investment project in South Korea, such energy and information communications techno...

Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has surpassed 34.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming site, its agency Attrakt said ...

S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO

S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO

Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...

Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation

Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation

OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimate...

S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses

S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses

South Korea's Minister of SMEs and Startups Lee Young on Monday said the country will launch its 18th office for small and medium enterprises (SME) ...

CJ’s K-culture event draws record-high numbers in Japan

CJ’s K-culture event draws record-high numbers in Japan

CHIBA, JAPAN – A global K-pop concert hosted by CJ ENM Co., a South Korean entertainment powerhouse, heated up the venue in Japan with an audi...

CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food

CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food

South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to launch a range of Korean street food as new products, aiming for global expansion. The compa...

K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups

K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups

South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...

K-beef targets global halal market through exports to Malaysia

K-beef targets global halal market through exports to Malaysia

Korean beef is making its entry into the global halal food market, starting with Malaysia. South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affa...

KITA hosts K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo

KITA hosts K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) announced on Wednesday the opening of the "2023 K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo" at the ...

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...

S.Korean startups eye on Southeast Asia as promising market

S.Korean startups eye on Southeast Asia as promising market

SINGAPORE - Southeast Asia with a youth population constituting about one-third of the region’s total population and surging internet penetrat...

Amorepacific chairman's 2nd daughter emerges as 3rd-largest shareholder

 Amorepacific chairman's 2nd daughter emerges as 3rd-largest shareholder

Amorepacific Group, South Korea’s cosmetic giant, announced on Thursday that Chairman Suh Kyung-bae has donated a 2.5% stake to his second dau...

Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon

Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon

AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...

S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line

S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) tech company Upstage on Friday said it will install its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot AskUp on the...

HYBE logs record-high Q1 profit despite BTS break

HYBE logs record-high Q1 profit despite BTS break

South Korea’s HYBE Co. behind global sensation BTS on Tuesday reported a 41.5% surge in first-quarter profit, driven by BTS members’ out...

CJ CheilJedang launches Cuisine.K project

 CJ CheilJedang launches Cuisine.K project

South Korea's largest food company CJ CheilJedang Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of "Cuisine.K," a project aimed at discovering and nurturin...

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...

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